The '''Battle City Rules''', known as the '''Super Expert Rules''' in the manga, were enforced by [[Seto Kaiba]] and [[Mokuba Kaiba]] during the second season of [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']] during the [[Battle City]] tournament. They are as follows:

* Participants must have a ranking of at least five out of eight stars (manga and original anime) or level four three out of five (English -dub anime) to receive a free [[Duel Disk]], which is required to participate.

* Players can have only have up to a maximum 6 cards in his or her their [[hand]] unless the card "[[Infinite Cards (anime)|Infinite Cards]]" is in play on his/her their side of the field. In the manga, the hand size limit is 7instead.<ref name="ep66">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|66|ref}}</ref>* Players In the manga, players have a maximum of five minutes to think during their turn.<ref name="ch208">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|208|ref}}</ref>* One [[Normal Summon]] is allowed per player per turn. [[Monster Card|Monsters]] can be Summoned in [[face-up]] [[Attack Position]], face-up [[Defense Position]] , or [[face-down]] Defense Position.* [[Level]] 4 or below lower monsters can be Normal Summoned during a Normal Summonwithout any [[Tribute]]s.* Level 5-6 5–6 monsters needed require one [[Tribute]] in order to be Normal SummonSummoned.* Level 7-9 7–9 monsters required require two Tributes to be Normal SummonSummoned.* Level 10+ monsters required require three [[Tribute Summon|Tributes]] to normal summon be Normal Summoned (e.g "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (anime)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]", Level 10). In the anime, it is possible the three-Tribute requirement was exclusive to the [[Egyptian God Cards]].* When a [[Fusion Monster]] is Tributed, that monster is counted as a number of monsters equal to the number of [[Fusion Material]] Monsters that were usedfor it.<ref name="ep130">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|130|ref}}</ref>* Fusion Monsters must wait one turn after they are [[Fusion Summon|Summoned]] ed before they can attack, though the "[[Quick Attack]]" card can be used to circumvent this.<ref name="ep65">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|65|ref}}</ref> In the manga, any monster [[Ritual Summon|Ritual Summoned]] or [[Special Summon|Special Summoned]] from the Graveyard also cannot attack during the turn it is Special Summonedas well.* If a player has no monsters on their field, their opponent can [[direct Direct attack|attack directly]].

* The contents of either player's [[Graveyard]]s are not public knowledge, and an opponent may not look through their opponent's Graveyard.* If you have (Cards were sent to the Graveyard [[face-down]].) Also, if a player has to [[discard]] cards from your hand or Deck, you do not have to show them to your opponent.* You Player must stick to uphold the tournament's list of [[forbidden]] and [[limited]] cards. Cards that directly damage<ref group="note">In this context, "directly" seems to mean "without condition". , e.g. cards with activation requirements are permitted.</ref> players or monsters, such as "[[Raigeki (manga)|Raigeki]]" and "[[Hinotama (manga)|Hinotama]]" were , are forbidden.<ref name="d d 133">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|133|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|75|ref}}</ref> Only one copy of "[[Monster Reborn (anime)|Monster Reborn]]" could can be included in onea player's Deck.<ref name="ep138">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|138|ref}}</ref>* Certain cards that enabled players Players are not allowed to use certain [[Special Summon]] one specific [[TypeSpell Card]] of monster(s) can affect both sides of the field ("[[Dark Magic Curtain (anime)|Dark Magic Curtain]]" and , such as "[[The Flute of Summoning Dragon Graceful Dice (anime)|The Flute of Summoning DragonGraceful Dice]]", for example)two or more times within the same turn.<ref name="ep62ep58">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|62|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep133">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|13358|ref}}</ref>* Players were not allowed to use two The opponent can activate a card or more [[Spell Card|Magic Cards]] of card effect before the same name that increase turn player draws a card's ATK points within the same turnduring their Draw Phase.<ref name="ep58ep57">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|5857|ref}}</ref>* The opponent can activate a card or card effect before the turn player draws a card during their Draw Phase.* If a monster is offered as a Tribute by the effect of another card while being attacked by an opponent's monster, the enemy's attack is [[negate]]d. The Japanese version of the anime and manga calls this rule, "Sacrifice Escape".

* Players can Set [[Field Spell Card]]s in their [[Spell & Trap Card Zone]]s , but when they activate them, they get moved to the [[Field Card Zone]].<ref name="ep68">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|68|ref}}</ref>* Field Spell Cards can be activated during the Battle Phase.* A non-Quick Play Set Spell Card Cards can be activated during the Battle Phase.* A Set opponent's turn (including non-[[Quick -Play Spell Card can be activated during your opponent']]s turn).* When a Spell or Trap Card is destroyed by a card effect, it its effect is negated even if the card that destroyed the Spell/Trap Card doesn't negate its effects.* A monster that becomes an Equip Card is treated as both a monster Monster Card and an Equip Card.* Effects that require the player and the opponent to have cards in their hand can be activated even if one of the players has no cards in their hand.<ref name="ep72">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|72|ref}}</ref>

* In the manga, players have had certain restrictions of on activating and Setting Spell and Trap Cards.**One A player can activate only 1 Spell Card from their hand per turn.**One A player can Set only 1 Spell Card per turn.**One A player can Set only 1 Trap Card per turn.

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